| Originally named Hertford;
a confirming Patent was issued by New York in 1766 under the
same name.
It wasn't until 1782 that the Vermont Legislature changed
the named to Hartland, because, as it was noted, Hertford
and Hartford being adjoining, it was "difficult for strangers
to distinguish which of said towns might be meant . . . and
many other inconveniences do attend the having two towns so
near of one name in the state." Did that fix the problem?
Not quite. Many still find the similarity of names confusing.
Nor was it the only names confusion in town. When it wasn't
being called Sumner (after a prominent resident) Hartland
Village has often been referred to as Hartland Three Corners,
to distinquish it from Hartland Four Corners. Hartland Four
Corners, in turn, for a time was known by the postal and railroad
name of Evarts, after a prominent local family.
The town of Hartland has three villages called Hartland Three
Corners, Hartland Four Corners and North Hartland. It was
recorded that the first settler of Hartland was Timothy Lull
who arrived from Dummerston in May, 1763. He would remain
in Hartland for the rest of his life where he died at the
age of 81. He would raise nine children and his son Timothy
was the first male child born in Hartland in December of 1764.
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